Body of Water

I need to write a poem about a body of water and I found the task too easy because my body is water. And because we all try to return home I now live on the water.

And every morning and every evening I walk along the river that divides prosperous states into impoverished ones and I clearly live on the impoverished side because how else could I afford waterfront property?

Laura Michele Diener moved to Huntington, West Virginia, seven years ago to teach history at Marshall University. She has discovered true love for her adopted home, although, like most loves, it is tinged with worry for the future. Her creative work has appeared in the Catholic Worker, Lake Effect, and Cargo Lit.